Man shoots self in Valtoha village

Tarn Taran: Gurbakash Singh (47), of Valtoha village, who was mentally disturbed over the harassment of his daughter by her in-laws, committed suicide at his house by shooting himself with his licenced revolver on Wednesday. The police said his daughter was married to Sarabjit Singh of Ludhiana January this year. Sarabjit Kaur, wife of the deceased, alleged that her husband was under mental stress as their daughter was being harassed by her in-laws.On Wednesday morning he shot himself dead with his licenced revolver. The police have booked deceased’s son-in-law Sarabjit Singh, her daughter’s father-in-law Rachhpal Singh, mother-in-law Gurmeet Kaur, sister-in-law Gurpreet Kaur and Shinder Kaur of Amritsar under Sections 306 and 120-B of the IPC. OC

Two fall prey to virus in district

Amritsar: With two more deaths on Thursday in the district due to the Covid-19, the death toll has reached 544. The deceased have been identified as Tripta (80), a resident of Ranjit Avenue, and Santosh Kumar (58), a resident of New Amritsar. The health authorities reported 29 new positive cases with which the total count has increased to 14,321. The new cases include 17 influenza like illness cases and 12 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with recovery of 29 patients, the recovery count has increased to 13,240. At present, the district has a total of 537 active cases. TNS

500 litres of ‘lahan’ seized

Tarn Taran: The Sadar police on Thursday conducted a raid in Jeobala village and seized more than 500 litres of lahan and a working still with an electronic induction from two persons arrested in this connection. The SHO said the accused had been identified as Amreek Singh and his brother Malook Singh, while Satnam Singh and his son Sarwan Singh, relatives of the arrested accused, fled the spot. SHO Prabhjit Singh said the accused were distilling liquor at their farmhouse . A case under Sections 61,1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been filed. OC

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